Terming air pollution as a "national" problem which costs the economy an estimated three per cent of the GDP, the green body said that in 2015 India has witnessed more number of deaths per day than China.
It demanded timely and quick implementation of the new emission standards.
"It has been 16 months since the notification (for stricter emission norms) came into force but there is no progress towards controlling SO2 and NOx emission from thermal power plants.
Air pollution has become a national problem claiming 1.2 million lives every year in India, it said.
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The report said that the environment ministry had introduced stricter standards for thermal power plants two years ago and had given thermal power plants until December this year to cut particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions and reduce their water use.
Greenpeace India demanded timely and quick implementation of the new emission standards.
It also demanded transparent information to be made public on the status of implementation of the emission standards - number of power plants complying to the notification, number of power plants which have commissioned retrofication to comply to the notification or are in any other stages of development and others.
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